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ilnirnn STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

RODNEY M. BOVEE, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

BOTTLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,922, dated December30, 1884.

Application filed March 21, 1884. (No model.) I

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RODNEY M. BOVEE, a resident of the city of Troy, inthe county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Bottling-lllachines; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to whichitappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in bottling-machines; and itconsists in providinga bottle-supporting table adapted to simultaneouslyslide and revolve upon a vertical supporting-shaft; also, in providingsaid shaft with an adjustable arm for supporting the bottling-hook andsupply-pipe, and in the adjustability of various other parts of thedevice, as hereinafter more fully explained.

The object of niyinvention is to increase the capacity and facilitatethe operation of bottling-machines, and to adapt the same for use withbottles of different lengths.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my improved device. Fig.2 is a plan view of the upper side of the revolving and sliding table.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the reverse Fig. 4 is a front elevation of aportion of the device, showing the table resting upon the dog 1). -Fig.5 is aplan view of that part of the device below the table 0.

B is a bed-plate supporting the vertical shaft A, which in turn supportsthe table (3 adapted to slide vertically and revolve upon said shaft.The table is provided on its upper surface with a plurality of baskets,a, arranged in a circle, as shown in Fig. 2. Each of these baskets isadapted to receive and carry a bottle, E. Shaft A is also provided withadjustable supports, F and H, which together support the vertical shaftG G sliding therein and pivoted at its lower end upon one end of thetreadle T fulcrumed upon 9, fixed upon the bed-plate. The shaft G and Gis made telescopically adjustable in length, as

shown in Fig. 1, the upper end of the shaft resting upon the lower sideof table 0. When the end t of the treadle is depressed the table iscaused to slide upward on shaft A, and when the treadle is released theweight of the table and contents will cause it to slide down the shaftagain. The shaft A is also provided with the adjustable arm J,supporting at its extended end the supply-pipe K and hook 0. When it isdesired to fill the bottle, the bottlesupporting table 0 is raised bythe treadle, as described, until the ehd of the bottle is forced tightlyinto the nozzle surrounding the hook, when the bottle is filled and thestopper inserted in the usual manner by the engagement of hook c andbale b, operated by lever m. After the bottle is thus filled and corkedthe treadle is released and the table allowed to slide down the shaft,but the support F, fixed upon the shaft just below the table, isprovided with the angular dog D, pivoted thereon at a point near itslongitudinal center, which engages with the stops or radial arms (I andforces the table to revolve one space, bringing the next basket a orbottle beneath the arm J and the dog into the position shown in'Fig. 4,which prevents the table from sliding any lower as both ends of the dogcome in contact with the table. The end j of the dog D is made heavierthan the other end, and,when the table 0 is raised to fill the bottles,the end j of the dog falls and the other end travels upward and backwardon the table until it has passed the next stop d on the table, withwhich it engages as the table falls again to force the next bottle alongto its position beneath the arm J, from which it ap pears that the tableis forced by its own weight to revolve through the space between thestops d at each fall of the table, and that the dog D serves to propelthe table as it falls and to limit the extent of its fall, and that thedog is operated by its own gravity to resume its required position toengage with each succeeding stop. W hen it is desired to change fromshort to long bottles, it is only necessary to loosen the set-screw andraise the arm J upon shaft A, or lower the arm in changing to shorterbottles. The same result may also be accomplished by changing theposition of arms F and II upon shaft A and lengthening or shortening theadjustable shaft G G.

\Vhen desired, the pin h may be removed and the treadle transferred tothe fulcrum g, as indicated by the dotted lines, the shaft G G turninginits supports, which will enable a single person to operate thedevicc-viz., to operate the treadle and change the bottles bysubstituting empty for filled ones on the back side of the machine. Oneperson is thus enabled to rapidly fill bottles with my improved deviceby simply operating the treadle and corking-lever m and substitutingempty for filled bottles in the baskets a. By causing the table 0 torevolve while it slides down shaft A the bottles are automaticallyunhooked and released from the hook 0.

By adjusting the arms J, F, and H lower down upon the shaft A. andshortening the shaft G G by means of the set-screws, as be foredescribed, the machine is adapted easily and quickly for use by a boy orany short per son.

W'hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle-supporting table adapted to re volve and slide upon avertical shaft and provided with stops (Z, in combination with said.

shaft, lifting-lever 'I, connecting rod or shaft G, pivoted dog D,adapted to engage with said stops (1, and a superimposed supply-nozzle,substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. A horizontally-revolving and Verticallysliding bottle-supportingtable, provided with stops d, in combination with a dog, D, pivoted upona fixed support beneath said table, table-supporting shaft A,superimposed supplynozzle, and mechanism for vertically sliding saidtable upon said shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a bottling-machine, a bed-plate, 13, provided withoppositely-placed treadle-sup ports g g, in combination with treadle T,

'shaft G, table 0, fixed supply-nozzle, and a mechanism for revolvingsaid table, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of March,188i.

RODNEY M. BOVEE.

\Vitn esses GEo. A. Mosnnn, V. H. HoLLrsTnR, Jr.

